Means for drawing and loading coke.



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WILLIAM M. NIXON, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

MEANS FOR DRAWING AND. LQADING COKE.z

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed August 22, 1906. `Serial No. 331.592.

T0 a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. NIXoN, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State-of Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved Means -forDrawing and Loading Coke, of which the following is a specification.

In the manufacture of coke it is usual to employ manual labor for drawing off the coke and then after cooling load the same to cars or receivers, the drawingoff beingaccompanied by means of a long rake, hook, or drag.

My invention primarily seeks to provide a new and improved means for actuating the drawing rakes or hooks, whereby to pull the coke out upon a yard or platform for cooling, and then utilizing the same'means for actuating the lifting and loading mechanism in a manner to conveniently and expeditiously convey the coke into the car.

ln its generic nature my invention comprehends a simple, light, and economical installation of parts more particularly adapted for use with a series of batteries of ordinary type lof beehive-ovens, which when not in operative action will not interfere with the usual method of handling the coke and which includes ower mechanisms-and connections for joinlng the same with the manually-guided drawing and loading devices, whereby one or more of the ovens may be drawn while the drawn coke from the'other Voven or ovens is being loaded.

l-n its more complete nature my invention comprel'iends, in connection with a battery or series of coke-ovens and a platform therefor, a plurality of parallel trackways that exl tend in the longitudinal plane of the batterr of ovens,|one of which is. mounted over the ovens and the other is mounted upon a series of supports ofv which there is one for each oven, as shown inFigure l or a less `number, as shown in Fig. 8, a motor having a winding-drum adapted to travel upon either of the trackways, a .draft rope and, pulley that coperate with the winding-drum, a

means for each of the supports for detachably sustaining the draft rope or pulley to adapt the same for operative connection with either the coke-drawing hook or the loadingrake devices.

My invention also embodies, in connection with the battery of coke-ovens, a special arrangement of platform, trackways for loading the cars, and mechanically-controlled means for drawing coke on the platforms to be cooled on yards, as well as on or under the platform or grilled duct or chute, and adapted for such adjustment whereby to load the cooled coke inthe cars, the said means including a single drive-motor and a series of rope-drives for actuating the coke drawing and loading ovens, and in its more subordinate features my invention consists in certain details of construction and peculiar combination of parts, all of which will be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. l is a perspective view of a battery' of beehivecoke-ovens with my improvements applied and illustrating the preferred arrangement thereof. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Eig. 3 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale and illustratin one oven and one set of motor-controlle mechanical devices for actuating the 'handguided loading means. llig. a is a section illustrating the loading-duct, the loadingrake, and the draft member for actuating the said rake. Eig. 5is a cross-section thereof on the line 5 5 on Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a view which illustrates the loading-duct arranged for coperating with the drawing-hook for removing the ashes and braize or small coke and depositing it on the platform. Fig. 7 is a perspective view that illustrates a modified construction of my invention hereinafter explained. Eig. 8 is va similar view illus- `trating the man-ner of utilizing a single power engine or motor for actuating a manuallyactuating loading and drawing device at the oppositesides of a double tier of ovens. Fig. 9 is a detail view that illustrates one of the shiftable drums and the hanger-sheave of one of the supports that'coperate with the drum. Fig. 10 is a view of a furthermodification of my invention hereinafter referred to.

ln the drawings l have illustrated several similar arrangement of' parts for mechanically actuating the manually-guided drawing and loading hooks and which come under the general scope of my invention and the appended claims; but I desire it understood that further modifications o f the construction shownto suit the particular arrangement and structure of the coke-ovens for IOO which my invention may be made applicable may be made without departing from my inare arranged and are combined with the plat-v form 2 in the ordinary manner, and at the end of each platform is shown a depressed trackway 3 for receiving the loading-cars. At a point just outside of the trackway 3 is located a standard or post 4, there being one of such posts for each oven, and each post is `suitably braced-for example, as shown in the drawings.

In the structure referred to in Fig. '1 the posts 4 extend up some distance above vthe platform and at a point high enough to be above the highest coke-receiving icars. As shown, the several posts have inwardly or outwardly projected brackets 40, upon which is mounted a longitudinal runway 5, carrying tracks 6, the purpose of which will presently appear. At a point below the runway 5 each of the posts has a air of laterally-projected studs 7 located in t e horizontal plane of the oven, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and at a point above -the runway 5 the posts have similar lateral studs 8. Upon the -top of the kiln and extending in a plane parallel with the track 6 ismounted a similar track 9, and the said two tracks are provided for receiving a motor or engine. 10, which may be of any approved construction, bu't must include a winding-drum 11, as shown. Adjacent the trackway 6 and mounted on supports 4 is a steamipe 13, having a series of laterals, one for eac oven, or a lessnumber adapted to be connected by an air-hose with the engine to remain or be moved without making a new connection each time, and a similar steampipe 14 is mounted on the top of the battery or ovens adjacent the trackway 9, which is also provided witha series of valved laterale, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The object in providing two trackways is that the motor or engine may be used on either of the said trackways as the conditions may make desirable. For instance, in the summer when the heat is so excessive as to make it impossible for the operator to work on the oven-top the motor is used upon the trackway 6, whereas in the winter when the heat is not excessive the said engine is preferably used u on the trackway 9.

So far as escribed when the engine is used as shown in Fig. .1 the draft-rope, when it is desired to draw the coke, is passed over a pulley-block 14, which is then detacliably mounted on the projected studs 7 on the support 4 in line -with the coke-oven, so as to provide for a straightway pull 'when the engine is set in operation, which is readily done by drawing the valve 15, that controls the inliow of steam from the feed-pipe.

When it is desired to load the cooled coke onto a car thatextends above the platform, as shown in Fig. 1, I employ a loading duct or chute 16, having a gril ed or slotted bottom 16a and with which cooperates the loading member 17, having a series of rake-teeth' 17a, adapted to carry the coke up the duet and at the same time that it isbeingsiited of the ashes and small coke. j

i The loading member includes a long shank to Which'the draft-rope is detachably connected, the pulley-block that cooperates with the said rope being now detachably connected with the lateral projections at the upper end of the support 4, whereby tcprovide for a proper line of draft for lifting the cooled coke up the duct and discharging same into the car.

It will be noticed that in the use of my mechanical means for drawing land loading the coke the loading device and the drawing-hook may be and preferably are manually guided or placed as the operator is required to apply the draft for connecting the draft-hook to the drawing-hook or 4loading device, as may be desired, and it will also be readily understood that by reason of the manner in which the parts are arranged after one oven has been drawn the 'engine or motor can be moved to the vnext oven or the second or any other oven ready and all draft connections be made with the next support 4, and so on.

When the engine is `used on the runway mounted on the support 4, the draft-rope can be passed down over the sheave or pulleyblock, which is then located, as shown, at the left of Fig. 1, and when utilized for loading the coke the draft-rope passes from the engine-drum to the pulley-block located ontlie upper end of the support 4.

So far as described it will be readily apparent that the operation of drawing the coke and loading same can be quickly and economically effected, and by reason of loading the coke in the manner stated the necessity of forking over. the drawn'coke after it has been deposited on the platform or yard for removing the ashes and braize or small coke is avoided, thus reducing the cost of handling the coke.

In Fig. 8 I have shown afurther modification o f my invention. In this form I have shown a slngle engine or motor for actuating the mechanisms at both sides of the duplex kiln by means of rope-drives extended in opposite directions fronithe engines or con nter-sliaf ts 23, mounted on the supports at the opposite sides of the kiln and which arc-in turn connected by handle cables or belts with a single drive-shaft IOO 26, mounted on the supports 4, upon which is mounted a series of slidable winding-pulleys 27, there being one for each oven. In this latter modification I have provided for operating i a,plurality of coke-ovens at the same time. ovens may be drawn while the cooled coke from one or more of the other ovens is being loaded uponthe car, this being provided for by reason of the slidable pulleys, since for drawing the coke it is only necessary to connect the draft-ro e directly to the sliding drum, as indicatedp at 30 on Fig. 9, and moving the said drum in the position to rotate with the drive-shaft 26 and for leadin the drum in line with the coke to be loaed as it is thrown into gear with the driving-shaft after the rope has been attached thereto and passed up over the sheaves 35 and the end thereof has been connected with the loading device, as indicated by 37 von Fig. 8.

A still further modification of my inven-l tion is illustrated in Fig. 10,'by reference to which it Will be noticed that the hook and rake pulling devices at each side may be independently actuated by means of a motor or engine for each side coupled with the drumcarrying` shaft.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a coke-manipulating implement, of a draft device, a winding-drum, a plurality of hangers for the draft device arran ed in different vertical planes, and means for disconnectedly joinin the said draft devices with the tool and the rum, for the purposes described.

2. In combination with the battery of coke-ovens, a platform therefor, and a manually-guided coke-manipulating tool; of a series of frames, each frame having a plurality of supporting members in different vertical planes, a hanger-sheave ada ted to be 'detachably cdnnected to the di erent-supporting members, a pull rope or cable engaging the sheave adapted to be detachably connected at one'end with the coke-manipulating tool and means cooperating with the pull rope or cable'for 'winding the same to actuate the tool, as set forth.

3. In combination with a battery of ovens', a.platform for the ovens, a plurality of trackways, extended in the vlongitudinalplane of the platform and located one to each side of the platform, a motor-en ine ada ted to be interchangeably mounte on eit er of the trackways, means adjacent each trackway for ap lying a source of dpower to the engine, a dra t rope or cable a apted tov be detachabl connected with the cokemanipulatin too adjustable guide -sheaves for the sai rope or cable, a windengine power with which' the pull rope or cable detachably connects, as set forth.

For instance, one or more of the said" ovens, ya coke-manipulatin -drum actuated by the l 4. In combination with a plurality of cokeovens, a platform therefor, a depressed trackwa for the loading-cars and a series of up- -rig ts, located outside of the 'loading-car trackway, of a manuallyuided coke-manipulatingimplement, a dra t rope or cable connected therewith, aplurality of guides on each post with which the draft rope or cable 'may be adjustably connected, and a Windingdrum and motor-engine for controlling the drum, as set forth. j

5. In a 4means for drawing and loading coke, the combination with a plurality of implement, a draft member connected with the said 1mplement, a motor-engine for pulling the draftrope, a support for each of the ovens and a pluralit o guides on' each sup ort over which t e draft rope or cable may e adjustably and independentl passed, whereby to apply a pull-draft on tfie coke-manipulating implement in different planes for the purposes described.

6. `As an improvement in means for drawing and loading coke, a coke-drawing tool, a draft rope or cable connected thereto, a shiftable motor-engine for pulling the rope or cable, ay vertical support in line with each oven, a trackway between the supports and the oven for receiving the coke-cars, a loading-chute for coperating with the coke implement and the cars, a sheave for the cable or ro e and means on the supports for detachalbly engaging with the said sheave, substantially as Ishown and described.

7. In a means for drawing and loading coke, the combination with one or more ovens; of a platform-sieve therefor and a coke-manipulating implement; of `uprights, a draft-shaft mounted on the uprights, a motor connected to the shaft, a series of Winding-drums on the shaft,to which one end of the draft rope or cable detachably connects, a guide-sheave' for the draft rope or cable, and means on either of the said supports for sustainin the said uide-sheave above the drive-sha t, as set fort 8. As an improvement in handling coke, in combination with a coke-manipulating manually-guided implement, mechanism including a motor-engine and draft devices, the latter beingdisconnectedly joined with the cokemampulating implement,means for transferring said mechanical devices in line with either oneV of the battery of ovens, said means including a supporting-sheave for the draft 4ro e or cable, andv devices for sustaining the said sheave in different vertical planes with respect to either of the ovens for the purposes specified.

WILLIAM M. NIXoN.

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DON C. PEGLAR, G. W. SMITH.

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